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Legalization of Bull Fighting
August 17 , 2025
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- Goa legislators across party lines have demanded legal status for bullfighting, citing its cultural significance.
- It is locally known as dhirio.
- The bullfights in Goa involve two trained bulls locking horns without human participants.
- They were once common during church feasts and harvest celebrations.
- The High Court of Bombay at Goa banned bullfights in 1996 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, but the practice continues clandestinely.
- The Recent cases of bull and human deaths during fights and increasing illegal betting have renewed the debate over legalisation and safety.
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